Wind River and TAGE Team to Advance Autonomous Mining
Summary
The mining industry has been an early adopter of fully autonomous vehicles and machinery in order to improve safety, increase productivity, and save costs. Specifically, the software platform powering this solution includes the Wind River industry-leading VxWorks® real-time operating system (RTOS), along with TAGE’s central control unit (CCU) core algorithm module. These functions have stringent requirements around the security, safety, and reliability of a system’s operation, as well as for real-time performance and deterministic task execution and switching, which Wind River software delivers. “Together with TAGE, we are delivering a safe, secure, and reliable software foundation for autonomous mining vehicles that will significantly advance the innovation and development in this market.” Wind River and TAGE will also work closely on development environments and functional safety certifications to launch practical products and solutions. Wind River software and expertise are accelerating digital transformation of critical infrastructure systems that demand the highest levels of safety, security, performance, and reliability.